Overview
- Sheds new light on the meaning of voting
- Highlights the shortcomings of electoral systems and opportunities for improvement
- Describes a new voting method that avoids the paradoxes of voting theory
- Employs mathematics in a readily accessible way
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“Paolo Serafini has the merit of presenting in a synthetic and pedagogical way the main aspects of the voting theory. This book would be well suited for undergraduate and graduate students who are new to voting theory … . the book is very enjoyable to read … . The present book adds its stone to the series of books on voting theory while distinguishing itself by its pedagogy and simplicity.” (Eric Kamwa, Journal of Economics, Vol. 134, 2021)
“This book exposes a variety of social choice systems … . The electoral rules for the formation of the government of several countries are discussed, as examples of application of different aggregation methods, their particular problems and shortcomings are highlighted and opportunities of improvement underlined.” (Annibal Parracho Sant’Anna, zbMATH 1476.91002, 2022)
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Book Title: Mathematics to the Rescue of Democracy
Book Subtitle: What does Voting Mean and How can it be Improved?
Authors: Paolo Serafini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38368-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38367-1Published: 03 March 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38368-8Published: 02 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 135
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Mathematics, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education, Social Policy, Political Science